These are the remarks delivered by Ruth Amber, Pacifica Spindrift Players” box office manager, as she accepted the award on behalf of PSP for Outstanding Community Organization from the Pacifica Chamber of Commerce during the 2015 awards ceremony.

Good evening, I am Ruth Amber, your friendly face and voice behind the box office at PSP. I can promise you that my remarks tonight will be shorter than my outgoing voice mail at the theatre.

PSP (which is now in its 56th year) of providing live community theatre in Pacifica and the surrounding Bay Area communities, is a non-profit organization run entirely by volunteers.

While we faced some adverse situations, such as the break-in in December 2012 and structural damage on the main stage in 2013 (we were yellow-tagged) for eight months (which meant we could not use the theatre), that did not stop us. We took our show on the road (have box office, will travel) thanks to the Jefferson Union High School District and Mike O”Neill.

We re-opened the theatre in February of 2014 thanks to the support of local community organizations and businesses, as well as individual donors.

PSP would like to thank the following for making this happen — The Sam Mazza Foundation, The Pacifica Lions Club, Freutel Roofing, Dave Blackman and DB Construction, Recology of the Coast, Rotary Club of Pacifica, City of Pacifica Department of Public Works, the Pacifica Tribune and the Chamber of Commerce.

Thank you for keeping our curtain “up” for many more years of quality live entertainment.